Background on Henry David Thoreau -- The life of Henry David Thoreau -- Thoreau spoke of the environment in a way that made people listen -- Thoreau was a poet-naturalist -- Thoreau was an ecologist before there was ecology -- Walden and the environment -- Walden was written as New Englanders systematically destroyed their forests -- Humanity's love of the wilderness is a recent development -- Thoreau's nature was an artificial construct -- Thoreau's Walden was never environmentally pristine -- Walden displays Thoreau's growing environmental consciousness -- Thoreau's environmentalism mirrors his racial sensitivity -- Thoreau had an ambivalent attitude toward hunting -- Thoreau's notion of simplicity can help save the environment -- Thoreau aids scientists in understanding global warming -- Thoreau's methodology can help solve current environmental problems -- Contemporary perspectives on the environment -- Modern Thoreaus share his knack for self-promotion -- A new hippie movement has some families returning to nature -- All Americans should respect and protect the environment -- Environmentalists must rescue the planet in the aftermath of destructive policies -- Environmentalism is the new religion of urban atheists -- It is not too late to save the environment.
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